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The 10 best additions to Netflix UK this April

The Easter long weekend may be over, but that doesn’t mean you can’t take some time out to plan your month’s viewing ahead! This April, Netflix is bursting with much anticipated original comedy, acclaimed drama, and some brand new documentaries. There are also plenty of movies and shows to keep the kids entertained, including an original King Kong series, the back catalogues of Kung Fu Panda and Madgascar, How to Train Your Dragon, and Disney’s Frozen – in case they haven’t seen them enough times already.

Here’s what’s coming to Netflix UK in April.

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The Ranch: Season 1 (2016)

Ashton Kutcher is back, and reunited with Hyde from That ’70s Show! Appropriately launching onApril Fools’ Day, this new multi-camera comedy set on a Colorado ranch sees Kutcher as a failed pro footballer who returns home from his brief and failed sports career to work on the family business run by his older brother (Danny Masterson) and father (Sam Elliott). Executive produced by the guys behind Two and a Half Men, we more or less know what we’re getting ourselves in for with this one…

Available 01.04.16

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Power: Seasons 1 and 2 (2014 – 2015)

Produced by and starring Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, and created by Courtney Kemp Agboh (The Good Wife), this hugely popular US series follows a nightclub owner who uses his swanky venue as a front for a narcotics empire serving only the rich and influential.

Available 01.04.16

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Trash (2014)

Rooney Mara, Martin Sheen and Narcos‘s Wagner Moura star in this Brazilian-British thriller adapted by Richard Curtis from Andy Mulligan’s 2010 novel. It’s a Slumdog Millionaire-style story about three kids who discover a wallet in a Rio de Janeiro rubbish dump, only to find themselves chased by sinister adults.

Available 01.04.16

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Suits: Season 4 (2014)

In case you missed the latest season of the super suave legal drama on UK TV last year, now you can catch up with Mike Ross and Harvey Specter in your own time! Mike and Harvey are now client and counsel, and it’s not long before they’re sworn into battle; this time against each other…

Available 01.04.16

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A Single Man(2009)

Another showcase of sharp suits, this affecting drama is directed by the master of tailoring himself, Tom Ford. Every frame is like a timeless painting as we follow a grief-stricken college professor (Colin Firth), who struggles to adjust to life alone after tragically losing the love of his life. Also stars Julianne Moore, Nicholas Hoult and Matthew Goode.

Available 06.04.16

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Rear Window (1954) and Vertigo(1958)

Settle in for a Hitchcock double bill full of thrills as spills in these two classic titles from the master of suspense. The first stars James Stewart as the wheelchair-bound photographer who witnesses something awful while spying on his neighbours, while the second sees Stewart take on the role of a detective, who’s been forced to retire after his fear of heights causes the death of a fellow officer and the girl he was hired to follow.

Available 13.04.16

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Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Season 2 (2016)

She’s back! We fell in love with plucky ex-cult member Kimmy Schmidt last year, and we’re so excited that that the fish-out-of-water comedy from Ellie Kemper and co. will not only be returning to our screens in a matter of weeks, but also that the show’s been renewed for a third season! Bring on the laffs.

Available 15.04.16

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Moneyball (2011)

Directed by Bennett Miller from a screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, this baseball drama will delight even the non-sports oriented among you with its inspirational story and game changing (sorry!) performances from Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill. No wonder it was nominated for six Academy Awards.

Available 20.04.16

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Team Foxcatcher(2016)

We came out of Bennett Miller’s Oscar-nominated Foxcatcher desperate to know more, and it seemed others did too, as now Netflix is taking us back behind the ring for more on the wrestling tragedy, as shown through home video footage and firsthand interviews capturing the relationship between David and Mark Schultz, and millionaire backer John du Pont.

Available 29.04.16

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Special Correspondents (2016)

Written and directed by love-him-or-hate-him British comedian Ricky Gervais, this satirical movie remakes the French comedy Envoyés très spéciaux, and follows two struggling radio journalists (Gervais and Eric Bana) who fake front line war reports from a hideout in Queens. Of course, the hoax goes horribly, horribly wrong…

Available 29.04.16

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Also coming to Netflix UK this month:

01.04.16Codegirl
Die Hard
Frozen
Good Morning Call: Season 1, Episode 8
Madagascar 1Madagascar 2Madagascar 3
Kung Fu Panda 1Kung Fu Panda 2
How to Train Your Dragon
Frankie Boyle: Hurt Like You’ve Never Been Loved
Predator
Partners in Crime: Season 1 and 2
Addicted to Sexting
Bridezillas: Season 7
Chuck Norris vs. Communism
Ned Kelly
Iverson
Over the Hedge
All Work All Play
Sufi Soul: The Mystic Music of Islam
Afghanistan: The Great Game: Season 1
The Prince of Egypt
Frank and Cindy
Red Dragon
The Birth of Saké
Shrek the Third
Cadillac Man
Puss in Boots
Poltergeist II
Monsters vs. Aliens
Two Weeks
The Road to El Dorado
Shark Tale
How to Remember Everything
School for Little Vampires: Season 1 to 3
Sensitive Skin: Season 1
Two Men in Tow LEGO: Elves
A Rage in Harlem
Danger Down Under
Sulemani Keeda
Rise of the Guardians
Terrace House: Boys & Girls in the City: Season 1: Part 1
Bait (Metrodome)
Death Row Dogs
Bee Movie
Age of Champions
Doomsday Bunkers: Season 1
The Dolphin: Story of a Dreamer
Casuals: The Story of the Legendary Terrace
Fashion Commandos: Season 1
Yindi the Last Koala
Absolution
She-Wolves: England’s Early Queens: Season 1
Sleepwalkers Who Kill
Everything Before Us
Killing Oswald
Warrior Women: Season 1
High Spirits
Navy SEALs: The Battle for New Orleans
Trail of the Panda
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
The Man in the Iron Mask MGM
Jeremy Scott: The People’s Designer
The Latino List: Volume 2
Shrek 2
Station to Station
Australia’s Deadliest Destinations: Season 1
Flushed Away
Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce: Season 1 and 2
All Stars
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
COLEGAS
The Out List
War Pigs
Crafting a Nation
Women’s List
Frank and Cindy
The Latino List: Volume 1
How to Murder Your Wife
The Wildebeest Migration
The Bionic Vet: Season 1
Shrek Forever After
Frailty
Antz
Australia’s Deadliest Sea Creatures
Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
We Are Monster
The Boomer List
The Hunting Ground
Jackie & Ryan
Restaurant Australia: Season 1
Megamind

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04.04.16Hate Story 3

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